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PORTABLE PUMPING APPARATUS.

PatentedjApr. 10, 1894.

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' Nrrn STATES DONAL-D NOBLE, OF- LEEDS, ENGLAND.

PORTABLE P U M PING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,881, dated April 10, 1894.

Application filed March 1392- ri l No- 424,21'7- (No model.) Patented in England August 26, 1890 No. 13,418 in France June 16, 1891, No. 214,211; in Belgium June 16I 1891, No. 95,292: in India October '7, 1891, No. 200, and in Austria-Hungary October 10, 1891, No. 41 and No. 2,951.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DONALD NOBLE, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Leeds, in the county of York, England, have'invented new and useful Improvements in Portable Pumping Apparatus, (for which I have obtained'Letters Patent in England, No. 13,418, dated August 26, 1890; in France, No. 214,211, dated June 16, 1891;in Belgium, No. 95,292, dated June 16, 1891; in Austria- Hungary, No. 41 and No. 2,951, dated October 10, 1891, and in India, No. 200, dated October 7, 1891,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of port-.

able pumping apparatus, such as is described in the specification accompanying my application for United States of America Letters Patent, Serial No. 405,852, filed September 16, 1891, and its object is to provide suitable pedal mechanism (fixed to the outside of the water and other receptacle by joints at their toe ends) through a rocking lever armed with a lever fulcrumed on said shaft at or about its center, said lever being placed under the pedals so that when one end of the pedal is,

depressed the opposite end of the lever and pedal resting upon it will be raised, or vice Versa.

Figure 1 is a part sectional elevation Fig. 2 a plan looking at the top.

Corresponding parts in the two views of the drawings are marked with the same letters of reference.

D, D are skeleton pedals applied to the outer side of a bucket or water receptacle-N (shown at Fi 2. in dotted lines). -In this bucket or water receptacle is (shown at Fig. 1) the outline of a horizontal pumping apparatus such as described in the above first named specification. The pedals may or may not be armed on their uppersurfaces with pieces of wood, cork or other non conducting material 01*. In this arrangement the pedals D D are hinged at the too or rear end at to a skeleton stand or fixing M such as shownat Fig. 2, provided with lugs m, m for the reception of bearing m and a bearing m in which the shaft F revolvingly works. Provision is also made in the standat m m for the reception of the bucket or water receptaively without and within the receptacle a horizontal double ended lever O. and a ver-.

tical lever G. The pedals D D are supported at or about their centers by the lever O. The bracket or bearing m may either be bolted directly to lugs m, m or to the bottom of the bucket over the lugs so that the retaining bolts after passing through the bearing m and bottom of the bucket may enter the lugs. The vertical lever G. is employed for actuating the pistons whenever a rocking motion is imparted to the shaft F by the pedals. At the point where the shaft F enters the bucket suitable packings such as india rubber and metal washers pressed against the inner side of the bucket by a helical spring on said shaft may be employed for making a water tight joint. The valve box I connecting tubes H. H inlet and outlet pipes 11 '5 to which flexible tubing may be attached are constructed as describedin the said specification either at a little distance from the pump barrel or close to it as shown in the drawings accompanying this specification.

By the above means motion is imparted to the pump pistons from the pedals which are hinged to the framing, through a rocking shaft armed with a lever fulcrumed on said shaft at or about its center, said lever being placed under the pedals so that when one end of the pedal is depressed the opposite end of the lever and pedal resting upon it will be raised or vice-versa.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and 1n what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is A portable pumping apparatus, consisting of a stand M; a water receptacle N; a pump Within said receptacle; the shaft F passing through the walls of said receptacle; bearings for said shaft on the stand M, within and without the receptacle; the vertical lever G" connected rigidly with said shaft F and within said receptacle and engaging with the piston rod of said pump; the levers O, O, rigidly connected with said shaft F, outside of said receptacle; the pedals D, D pivoted at their signed my name to this specification in presforwaxf'd ends to the flrame M, adjacent :to the ence of two subscribing witnesses. side 0 said rece tae e N, and arran ed at an angle to each ot er, whereby the saii pedals DONALD NOBLE 5 D, D, will bear approximately at right an- Witnesses:

gles, substantially as described. W. FAIRBURN HART,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto ADAM O. HART. 

